http://jnep.sciedupress.com Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 2020, Vol. 10, No. 3 ORIGINAL RESEARCH The relationship between burnout and job satisfaction among psychiatric nurses Sahar Behilak 1,2 , Ayat Saif-elyazal Abdelraof *3 1 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt 2 Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Yanbu, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia 3 Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt Received: July 12, 2019 Accepted: October 11, 2019 Online Published: November 17, 2019 DOI: 10.5430/jnep.v10n3p8 URL: https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v10n3p8 ABSTRACT Objective: One of the core concerns in psychiatric nursing is job burnout among nurses, because burnout had harmful impacts on both nurses’ health and their ability to cope with job demands. Moreover, long term job stress can cause burn out and reduce their level of satisfaction. Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between burnout aand job satisfactions among psychiatric nurses. Methods: Descriptive correlation design was utilized. The study was conducted at Psychiatric Department in Tanta University Hospital and Tanta Mental Health Hospital. The study sample consisted of 50 staff nurses. Tools were utilized for collection of data: First, the Burnout Inventory by Maslach; Second, the Job Satisfaction scale. It measured the general job satisfaction of the nursing staff. This scale has five domains: Personal factors, Work organization, Content and amount of work, Working unit and Leadership. Results: It was found that the majority of nurses had job dissatisfaction. In relation to staff nurses’ burnout, staff nurses’ job burnout and its components were found. It was observed that the majority of nurses had high burnout. Regarding burnout components, specifically, in relation to emotional exhaustion, it was found that the majority of nurses experienced high emotional exhaustion and depersonalization compared low accomplishment. It was found that there was significant negative correlation between burnout and job satisfaction, the highest frequency of nurses had high burnout and had low level of job satisfaction. Conclusions: The highest frequency of nurses had high burnout and had low level of job satisfaction. It recommended newly developed interventions to alleviate nurses’ burnout and increase job satisfaction, thereby enhancing the quality of healthcare. So, further support of managers in the prevention of burnout is a necessity. Thus, it will enhance creativity, job satisfaction, self-worthiness, and service quality. Key Words: Burnout, Nurses, Job satisfaction 1. I NTRODUCTION Over the last decades, burnout and job satisfaction were highly significant in the psychiatric nursing. Burnout is a psychological issue that appears in difficult personal rela- tions as segment of their work environment, such as nursing professionals. [1] Nurses, in general, and especially psychi- atric nurses are generally considered as a high risk group for burnout as they are in continuous working interaction and interpersonal contact with psychiatric patients and their families. [2] Burnout is a physical, mental, and emotional reaction to * Correspondence: Ayat Saif-elyazal Abdelraof; Email: saif_ayat@yahoo.com; Address: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt. 8 ISSN 1925-4040 E-ISSN 1925-4059